MOUNTAIN OF FIRE AND MIRACLES MINISTRIES
International Headquarters, Lagos, Nigeria.
Global Worship Sunday
May 14th, 2023.
Topic: O GOD, OUR HELP IN AGES PAST
Text: Exodus 15:11; Psalm 149:6–9; 22:3; Acts 16:25–26
Ministering: Dr. Daniel Olukoya (G.O. MFM Worldwide)
Exodus 15:11 (KJV): “Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?”
Do not be in a hurry to leave the service this morning. Many times we spend time praying and asking and asking, but we never spend time praising God.
Psalms 22:3 is the strongest verse, which many people do not know. It says: But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
These three scriptures we have read can be analysed for the next six months. There are several messages and lessons to pick from these three scriptures.
We can learn that:
– Praises execute judgements upon our enemies.
– Through praise, we have power over kings and nobles.
– Praises ignite the anger of God against our enemies.
– Praises execute vengeance against our antagonists.
It is therefore a tragedy when you come to church and miss praise and worship. It is a tragedy when, at home, you do not just sit down and offer praise to God. “I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart, I will enter His courts with praise”. No man has the right to enter into the presence of God without praising Him.
– Praises carry us into the spirit world, and when the high praises of God are in our mouths, there is also a sword in our hands at the same time.
So praise may sound very cheap to your ears, but it is a tremendous weapon of warfare.
– Praises expel all binding spirits, and Satan cannot remain in an atmosphere of praise. Nobody likes to stay where his enemy is being praised.
– Praises bring down the manifold presence of God.
– Praises unburden the soul. The Bible says “He gives beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness”.
– Praises can secure release from the hands of the enemy and bring the earthquake of deliverance that Paul and Silas experienced in that prison cell. I am telling you this so that you know how to praise God now. You offer Him praise the way David offered Him praise, and people thought that he was crazy.
Paul and Silas were not quiet about praise and worship. The praises they offered there caused the earthquake of deliverance to set the prisoners free.
Praise:
– melts away unclean thoughts.
– is a weapon of violence. That is why the Bible makes us understand that the occupation of the angels is praise.
– melts away discouragement, and wherever it is truly offered, it releases the power of God.
So we should praise God, whether we feel like it or not. The fact that we are praising Him shows that we rely on Him; we are decentralising ourselves and concentrating on God. In MFM now, we have plenty to thank God for. The MFM is an arena of uncommon testimonies of mysterious divine visitations. Many of you looking at me today, if not for the God of MFM, would probably not be alive at all. So in MFM, for the victorious move of God in the midst, we need to give glory to God.
This is an arena of glorious transformation. You see somebody trodden down by the enemy, and all of a sudden, the God of MFM visits the person, and the person becomes whole. You see, the God of MFM just visits a person who did not ask for anything, and suddenly the person gets a miracle.
Like a short while ago, a very important personality came to see me. He said, “Sir, I do not want to be governor, but they said I should come and be governor. What should I do, Daddy?” I said, “Go for it. It is the God of MFM in charge”.
This is a very serious matter. In the just-concluded election, a prophet looked at one man and said, “If you become governor, let them come and cut off my right hand.” When the man heard the strange prophecy, he ran and started corridor prayers, and he won. Now, they are looking for the prophet to cut off his right hand, but he is hiding. It can only be the God of MFM.
It was the God of MFM Who escorted a woman to the court. She was to be deported with her children back to Nigeria, but throughout the night she was on Prayer Rain. When she got to court, the case was called. The judge told the government prosecutor, “Over to you.” He said, “My lord, my laptop is not working.” The judge said, “You should have checked that it was working before you got here. I give you 5 minutes to make your presentation. Okay, if your laptop is not working, where are your papers?”
The prosecutor replied “They are on the laptop, my lord”. The judge then said “You have three more minutes to switch it on”. The laptop never came on. The judge got angry and said, “Woman, you are free!” The God of MFM is the God of phenomenal promotion, the God of strange favour, and the God that disgraced stubborn yokes and disgraced stubborn strongmen. If that God is your God, shout a loud hallelujah!
That song writer says:
O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast
And our eternal home!
So the enemies that pursued some people to MFM made a holy mistake. They only succeeded in pursuing you to your breakthroughs. So we should praise God for our yesterday, praise God for our today, and praise God for our tomorrow. If you know your tomorrow is in the hands of God, shout hallelujah! You believe your today is in the hands of God; shout hallelujah!
So wherever you stand, whether it is yesterday, today, or tomorrow, you should praise God for all those times. If you are here now and you are over 40 years old, the fact that you are alive is a miracle. Because you were probably born without medical assistance in a polluted environment and you survived. All those who came for your naming ceremony were witches, yet you survived.
When you were sick as a baby, they laid you on your side and forced you to eat. If you refused to eat that food, they would block your nose and force you to eat by force, and you did not suffocate; you are still here. Maybe when you were sick, they bombarded you with concoctions with no dosage, yet you survived. And you are here. Do you want to shout, ‘Thank you, Jesus?’ We travel along the roads. You may say “I am a good driver”. But someone can drive his vehicle from another side and come and collide with you where you are.
Someone may shoot a gun, which is called an “accidental discharge,” which will come and meet a person. We need to praise God. Glory be to the name of the Lord. Many cannot dress themselves. You woke up this morning; you were not carried to the toilet. You bathed yourself. You dressed yourself. Shout a loud hallelujah. Now close your eyes and sing any song of praise to the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
God bless you🙏